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All devices that run on Google's Android mobile operating system come with the "Maps" application that lets you use Google Maps to map directions or view your current location. All devices also have the ability to display anything on the screen in landscape mode or "side view." If you want to view your Android Maps application sideways, you can do so by taking advantage of the device's built-in orientation detector.

1. Tap the application launcher icon on the Android device's home screen to view all of your installed applications.

2. Tap the "Maps" icon to launch the Google Maps application. Enter the address that you want to view on the map in the space provided to view its location.

3. Turn the cell phone sideways. The device's orientation detector will be activated and the map will be displayed in landscape mode.

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Alexander Poirier began writing professionally in 2005. He worked as the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine "Calliope," garnering the magazine two APEX Awards for excellence in publication. Poirer graduated from the University of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Arts in English.